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This is the most emotional season ... Six days a week dragged down daily by horrible news, but the team lift us up every Saturday.
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I’m in tears, passion, anger, pride. Come on Derby 

I’m in tears, passion, anger, pride. Come on Derby 

?????? well done Tom, a true captains performance 

I’m in tears, passion, anger, pride. Come on Derby 

I’m in tears, passion, anger, pride. Come on Derby 

I’m in tears, passion, anger, pride. Come on Derby 

I’m in tears, passion, anger, pride. Come on Derby 

I get that some fans are still saying there are no need for overreactions or histrionics and until this week I was broadly in the place of trusting that a reasonable solution could be found. That time has passed now and I think someway and somehow that fans, supporters groups, people from within in the club need to collectively be calling the EFL out on noisier, more frequent basis using whatever platform is available to us. I'm not saying that's easy and I'm not sure how that can be done but I don't want us to see our club passively take a kicking either. Maybe it is just emotion talking but history is littered with examples of people collectively influencing those in power to enable change. At the bare minimum to use a recent Roy Keaneism 'Even If if you just go out a smash someone to make yourself feel better, just do it'. I don't know, feeling pretty despondent.

I get that some fans are still saying there are no need for overreactions or histrionics and until this week I was broadly in the place of trusting that a reasonable solution could be found. That time has passed now and I think someway and somehow that fans, supporters groups, people from within in the club need to collectively be calling the EFL out on noisier, more frequent basis using whatever platform is available to us. I'm not saying that's easy and I'm not sure how that can be done but I don't want us to see our club passively take a kicking either. Maybe it is just emotion talking but history is littered with examples of people collectively influencing those in power to enable change. At the bare minimum to use a recent Roy Keaneism 'Even If if you just go out a smash someone to make yourself feel better, just do it'. I don't know, feeling pretty despondent.

The EFL want Derby to die, and they are doing everything in their power to achieve that target.

Another point that I don’t to think has been mentioned is that the transfer window is open until 11:59 pm on the 31st January. It stands to reason that any club regardless the situation has all of that time to negotiate the best deal they can possibly get in that time frame and realise the optimum price for any of their assets. Clubs being furious for having bids turned down on the 10th Jan is frankly ridiculous 

Another point that I don’t to think has been mentioned is that the transfer window is open until 11:59 pm on the 31st January. It stands to reason that any club regardless the situation has all of that time to negotiate the best deal they can possibly get in that time frame and realise the optimum price for any of their assets. Clubs being furious for having bids turned down on the 10th Jan is frankly ridiculous 

Another point that I don’t to think has been mentioned is that the transfer window is open until 11:59 pm on the 31st January. It stands to reason that any club regardless the situation has all of that time to negotiate the best deal they can possibly get in that time frame and realise the optimum price for any of their assets. Clubs being furious for having bids turned down on the 10th Jan is frankly ridiculous 

It's just reached the point of pure embarrassment, from Boro, Wycombe and the EFL.
All those rival fans that are finding joy in all this when they could easily be next, wake up.
The game is littered with utter BS, we tried to find a different way with amortisation to compete with those awarded millions for failure, which the EFL retrospectively on Gibson's request found us guilty. 
Naughty Derby, grow up.
Rules have been retrospectively added to cover the EFL arses. Google enhanced embargo, see what comes up, Derby County, there was never a enhanced embargo before all this, it's something you came up with as Mel Morris publicly challenged you.
Meanwhile we have state owned clubs when sponsorships for official hotels, soaps and rubber ducks for 10x what they could buy this club for in the Premier League.
Do you not even realise how anti competitive the league that's responsible for your revenue is, do you not realise that the very existence of the Championship relies on multi millionaires prepared to be losing upwards of half a million a month, it's not sustainable even by your own rules.
Derby County reject a bid for their player which could be derisory, yet the EFL are on our case, are we in the position now where we have to sell Jason Knight for a fiver to keep Rick Parry happy, if that's the case then just end the game now.
We lost Kaide Gordon to Liverpool for a bag of monster munch and Freddo over that deal you agreed with the PL, how is that looking after your member clubs when they have to gift wrap the young stars that have been educated both on an off the field to satisfy the greed of the top 6 in this country.
Explain the benefit of that deal to your member clubs, please explain as from the fans that love the game, all we see is our clubs being screwed over.
Out of 2 play off finals which we were beaten, we were beaten by clubs that would have failed EFL FFP, we took it on the chin yet here we are, one club using bookies odds to build a case and another that didn't even earn promotion on merit jeopardising the existence of this club.
Meanwhile the MSM are far more interested in the likes of Man United and Newcastle to even realise what is going on outside the gold pit. The game is dying whilst the "journalists" are far more interested in finding the next tweet to create a clickbait article than actually do their jobs.
Nobody wants to touch it, why? We have a Serbian tennis player refused entry to a country and tournament, everyone, every journalist in sport is weighing in as we're sat here in limbo over let's not forget, retrospective punishment.
The EFL signed off our accounts that we have now been punished for, let that sink in.
I'm sick of it, sick of the rival fans looking to take the piss without understanding the situation, sick of the incompetent governing bodies, sick of Gibson and that Wycombe numpty.
We've rolled over, accepted the retrospective punishment, saved the EFL embarrassment of explaining themselves in court, yet the EFL are too gutless to tell the curly haired one to shut up as they are in fear of landing themselves in court over the utter shambolic way they have ran this league.
Grow some balls Rick, accept some responsibility over how the investigations were handled and do the right thing, tell Gibson to F off, tell Wycombe to F off and learn from your mistakes.

I’ve always fell on the side that the EFL are more incompetent at governing the league than having personal agendas against clubs.
This is the final straw for me, I’m truly convinced there are individuals at work in that organisation who are actively trying to see the club cease to exist. There are simply too many events surrounding this to believe otherwise. 

I’ve always fell on the side that the EFL are more incompetent at governing the league than having personal agendas against clubs.
This is the final straw for me, I’m truly convinced there are individuals at work in that organisation who are actively trying to see the club cease to exist. There are simply too many events surrounding this to believe otherwise. 

My god when is there any positive news

Tracey Crouch is my local MP, I’ve messaged her to see if she can look at this. Unlikely to lead to anything but I thought it’s worth a try. 

Tracey Crouch is my local MP, I’ve messaged her to see if she can look at this. Unlikely to lead to anything but I thought it’s worth a try. 

Chris Coles commentating, Colin Gibson is doing the Chris Coles role, no Ed Dawes

And such a pleasure it is compared to the usual drivel.

The only reason I'm listening!

87-89 maybe?

Don't worry about it.
It seems I've offended everyone by saying that I wish we could get an owner other than Ashley.
But yes, I've supported Derby County for 54 years..... Of course I want them to survive, of course I want the best for them.
I do think a forum should be a place for discussing things - and for people to express different opinions. Someone accused me of being naive earlier. Perhaps I am... It seems you cannot offer an alternative view.
If it's Ashley that saves us, believe me I will be delighted that we still have our football club ?